24 NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF DUBLIN. 



than the localities mentioned, we have no account of even a single bird 

 of the species being captured on it. This appears to me to be the more re- 

 markable, when one considers what an easy flight it would be for a 

 Fulmar from the' great breeding haunt, St. Kilda, to the more southern 

 Scotch islands, and thence to the coasts of Antrim, Deny, and Donegal. 

 However, I have no doubt but that the Fulmar will yet be found to be 

 of frequent occurrence on the north coast during the autumn, or early 

 winter ; and I would, therefore, wish to impress on the Society's corre- 

 spondents the importance of keeping a sharp look out next October for 

 visitors to the northern coast. 



Mr. A. G. More thought that the Fulmar would not be likely to be 

 taken in winter on the north coast, which is too much exposed 

 to the north winds, and that, according to experience, it would be 

 more likely to be driven past, and enter the bays on the west for rest. 



A paper was then read, entitled — 



Natural History Notes. By George Henry Kinahan, F.B. G. S.I., 

 Corresponding Member. 



During the last year I have jotted down the following Notes, which 

 may be of interest to some of your Members : — 



On the 8th of April I had occasion to explore a short trial level, 

 which was driven into the hill side at the junction of Danesfort and 

 Drimcong, about a mile N, "W. of Moycullen, county of Galway. The 

 entrance into the level is in the hanging plantation by the road side ; 

 and when coming out of it I examined carefully for Bats, and found two 

 male lesser Horse-shoe. They were hanging about a yard apart, only a 

 short distance from the entrance ; but the light was so faint, that they 

 could not be seen without the aid of a lighted candle. Dr. Cleland, 

 Q,. C. G., who was one of the party, took possession of them. 



During this summer numerous pairs of the common Snipe (Scolopax 

 gallinago) bred in the hills and bogs in the neighbourhood of Ough- 

 terard. 



A few pairs of Curlew (JVumenius arquata) were also remarked, 

 and a good many pairs of the Golden Plover ( Charadrius pluvialis). 



The Green Plover ( Vanellus cristatus) were very numerous, and 

 began to flock very early, as on the 26th of July a flock of between 

 one hundred and fifty and two hundred were remarked between Cong 

 and Headford. The young birds at that time were only about half 

 grown. They seem to have been the birds that were bred in the hills 

 on the west of Lough Corrib, as after that date Green Plover were 

 very scarce in the hills, and seemed all to have gone to the lowlands. 



On the islands in Lough Corrib the following birds were remarked 

 breeding: — Wild Duck {Anas boschas), in great quantities ; ducks lo- 

 cally called Sheldrake (Tadoma vulpanser (?), rather numerous ; Teal 

 (Querquedula crecca), a few pairs; Magpie Divers (Clangula chrysoph- 

 thalma) ; two pairs were seen as late as June, and may have bred on 



